Here we are talking about a moron intentionally putting hundred of life in danger...
Not necessarily. Could be amateur astronomers pointing out a "star" to a fellow astronomer using his 'leet laser pointed imported from China...
These pointers are frequently used during these group stargazing events, and yes, many of these people do point at moving objects (planets, satellites,...), and it's easy to see how a plane could end up being confused with satellites or planets by less experienced stargazers.
Actually, it won't destroy the pilot's eyes but just turn the windshield bright white (or green, or whatever the laser's color) from all the laser light reflecting off dust or tiny imperfections in the glass. Just think about what a low-standing sun does to cars with a dusty windshield.
The bricklayer's company would responsible to its customer. They cannot bill their customer for the extra work replacing the bricks that have fallen out, but they still must pay their employees.
No bricklay'ing foreman would tell his people "o don't worry about those bricks falling out, just continue piling on top and pretend nothing is happening".
A headlight, through the use of dispersing phosphors and or lenses is designed to spread out and cover much more area.
What if you get into an accident that destroys the outer housing of the light (containing the dispersin phosphors and/or the lenses) while leaving the source intact?
So you've got a "deathray" shooting out from the accident scene wanting to involve more cars, until somebody turns it off...
Or is it just like a normal, really long magnet with an "undetectable" body (the bar between the poles)?
Meaning, that if they have a south monopole somewhere in their "extremely cold gas", someplace else within the same gas has a north monopole. Then just consider the line linking both to be the magnet.
Call us back when they can separate them by splitting the "extremely cold gas" into 2 containers, in such a way that one container has the south pole, and the other the north pole, and both can be moved arbitrarily far from each other.
Which, and this is the best part, they then sold. To Lockheed Martin.
Happens all the time, in many companies. And I'm pretty sure that many people at Lockheed Martin knew exactly what was going on. Except management, who didn't want to believe it...
Note: I'm not posting this as an AC either. So here's a note to my managers: I specifically didn't say that this was going on in our company too, nor did I outline any irony of this comment appearing in a thread about industrial espionage by the NSA...
If there were one thing that could be different about the US Constitution that would make it better - it would be a 4th branch of government that had limited and enumerated powers over the other 3 branches. This fourth branch of government would be drafted, at random from among taxpayers. They would only meet once a year and all they could do is have absolute veto power, with 2/3 majority over ANYTHING that has been decided by the other branches of government in the last 2 years.
Nice idea, but as these panelist have less political experience than members of the other 3 powers, some more "seasoned" people would be needed to explain to them what their actual role and powers are. And these people would basically tell them: "no, you can't really veto anything, you're here just to take valuable time out of your busy schedules". Of course, there's the internet, and some of the panelist would know that they really do have more power, and will try to inform their peers. But here come's the catch: the 3 other branches can view the list of panelists, and strike (and replace) anybody who they feel is not appropriate. And those aware of their rights would be the first to be stricken. So no, although nice in theory, this would be subverted pretty quickly.
These were wooden buildings, where it was possible to actually, physically move them...
Quoting from the article:
In all, about 200 structures were moved down the First Avenue Highway, as it was called, to the new city. These included a store and even a couple of large hotels. Only one structure didn't make it: the Sellers Hotel tumbled off some rollers and crashed to the ground leaving, as one witness said, "an enormous pile of kindling". The move started in 1919 and the first phase was completed in 1921. Known today as "North Hibbing", this area remained as a business and residential center through the 1940s when the mining companies bought the remaining structures. The last house was moved in 1968.
With stone buildings, this might be not so easy...
Patients don't lie. They just don't have a medical professional's understanding of what is and isn't important.
A little bit like computer users then, hehe... How possible can a noob know that having rebooted the computer is somehow important to the analysis to the problem?
Suppose you did indeed have an amnesia-proof password store. And then you get into a situation where you are scared to death (jackbooted thugs breaking into your house in the middle of the night, drag you off to some scary Cuban shore,...) and you are so frightened by the ordeal that you forget your valuable passwords. So fine so good. But then there's you're amnesia-proof solution, which brings your memories back. oops.
The choice of an SD card seems like a strange form factor.
It's only strange if you don't consider its intended applications: spying and hacking. Just pop one into a card reader to take over the (big) PC connected to the reader.
And now that white line is very reflective on almost all roads (speaking from the US at least),
Indeed. Reflectivity varies widely by country. In Germany it's almost not reflective at all, and driving at night on a freeway is a pain. In Luxembourg, it's much better (at least on freeways)
But what about initiating a reset and intercepting the email and then performing the reset yourself.
True, but that would imply:
Intercept the e-mail in such a way that it is no longer delivered (because the link cookie will be invalid once the spy has completed the reset, which would tip off the user)
Complete the reset
Do whatever evil need the password is needed for. This has to be right here and now, because we'll issue another reset. If a full download of the user's e-mail is needed, then good luck...
Perform a second reset (whose response we allow to reach the user)
And all this has to be done in the less than one minute it usually takes the server to reply, or else the user might be suspicious why the e-mail with the reset link takes so long to arrive...
This isn't an issue specific to any OS or software manufacturer. Sure, there are things we can do to limit the damages such as releasing bug free software (maybe in 3014) but until then we either live with the consequences or encrypt all network data except broadcasts intended for everyone to see.
Encryption software is not bugfree either. And neither are encryption users. I'm sure 90% of users would click away a certificate warning without a second thought. And of the 10% remaining, most wouldn't probably notice if a service that is usually https now is http...
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Germans do the same thing with their towels on board of cruise ships.
You got your numbers mixed up.
Doomsday will be on 02/14/2014 , i.e. today
"Gee, I donâ(TM)t think Iâ(TM)ll ever pick and eat these again," he said. He was right!
All mushrooms are edible, but some only once...
A dude wouldn't eat a mushroom.
Especially not this shape of mushroom. Well some dudes would...
Here we are talking about a moron intentionally putting hundred of life in danger ...
Not necessarily. Could be amateur astronomers pointing out a "star" to a fellow astronomer using his 'leet laser pointed imported from China...
These pointers are frequently used during these group stargazing events, and yes, many of these people do point at moving objects (planets, satellites,...), and it's easy to see how a plane could end up being confused with satellites or planets by less experienced stargazers.
Cockpit illumination
A headlight, through the use of dispersing phosphors and or lenses is designed to spread out and cover much more area.
What if you get into an accident that destroys the outer housing of the light (containing the dispersin phosphors and/or the lenses) while leaving the source intact?
So you've got a "deathray" shooting out from the accident scene wanting to involve more cars, until somebody turns it off...
Meaning, that if they have a south monopole somewhere in their "extremely cold gas", someplace else within the same gas has a north monopole. Then just consider the line linking both to be the magnet.
Call us back when they can separate them by splitting the "extremely cold gas" into 2 containers, in such a way that one container has the south pole, and the other the north pole, and both can be moved arbitrarily far from each other.
Hey, I just found a bottle of whisky by the side of the road.... Party! (what could go wrong?)
Hey, I know a guy who regularly does this.
But, nowadays, after the pee incident, he carefully sniffs the bottle before he drinks...
Which, and this is the best part, they then sold. To Lockheed Martin.
Happens all the time, in many companies. And I'm pretty sure that many people at Lockheed Martin knew exactly what was going on. Except management, who didn't want to believe it...
Note: I'm not posting this as an AC either. So here's a note to my managers: I specifically didn't say that this was going on in our company too, nor did I outline any irony of this comment appearing in a thread about industrial espionage by the NSA...
If there were one thing that could be different about the US Constitution that would make it better - it would be a 4th branch of government that had limited and enumerated powers over the other 3 branches. This fourth branch of government would be drafted, at random from among taxpayers. They would only meet once a year and all they could do is have absolute veto power, with 2/3 majority over ANYTHING that has been decided by the other branches of government in the last 2 years.
Nice idea, but as these panelist have less political experience than members of the other 3 powers, some more "seasoned" people would be needed to explain to them what their actual role and powers are. And these people would basically tell them: "no, you can't really veto anything, you're here just to take valuable time out of your busy schedules". Of course, there's the internet, and some of the panelist would know that they really do have more power, and will try to inform their peers. But here come's the catch: the 3 other branches can view the list of panelists, and strike (and replace) anybody who they feel is not appropriate. And those aware of their rights would be the first to be stricken. So no, although nice in theory, this would be subverted pretty quickly.
sorry, the statement I was posting to disappeared.
You were probably trying to reply to the thread just before this one: "Why a Cheshire Cat?"
But that question should be understood "Why a Cheshire Cat?" rather than "Why a Cheshire Cat?"
Or ask Hibbing, Minnesota
These were wooden buildings, where it was possible to actually, physically move them...
Quoting from the article:
In all, about 200 structures were moved down the First Avenue Highway, as it was called, to the new city. These included a store and even a couple of large hotels. Only one structure didn't make it: the Sellers Hotel tumbled off some rollers and crashed to the ground leaving, as one witness said, "an enormous pile of kindling". The move started in 1919 and the first phase was completed in 1921. Known today as "North Hibbing", this area remained as a business and residential center through the 1940s when the mining companies bought the remaining structures. The last house was moved in 1968.
With stone buildings, this might be not so easy...
Patients don't lie. They just don't have a medical professional's understanding of what is and isn't important.
A little bit like computer users then, hehe... How possible can a noob know that having rebooted the computer is somehow important to the analysis to the problem?
And it can harm doctors. With the spread of viral diseases like hepatitis, patient deception can lead to infection of medical personnel.
Doctors should always wear gloves. The patient himself might not even know yet that he has an infection.
Or the patient may actually have told it to the secretary, who marked it on the form, but the doctor didn't take time to read the form.
Maybe they're thinking of cooperative multitasking? Calling yield() explicitely to let the other "threads" run?
Suppose you did indeed have an amnesia-proof password store. And then you get into a situation where you are scared to death (jackbooted thugs breaking into your house in the middle of the night, drag you off to some scary Cuban shore, ...) and you are so frightened by the ordeal that you forget your valuable passwords. So fine so good. But then there's you're amnesia-proof solution, which brings your memories back. oops.
The choice of an SD card seems like a strange form factor.
It's only strange if you don't consider its intended applications: spying and hacking. Just pop one into a card reader to take over the (big) PC connected to the reader.
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But, he probably was thinking about the sorry state of public toilets on French Motorways...
And now that white line is very reflective on almost all roads (speaking from the US at least),
Indeed. Reflectivity varies widely by country. In Germany it's almost not reflective at all, and driving at night on a freeway is a pain. In Luxembourg, it's much better (at least on freeways)
Anti-tailgating tail lights.
Also known as fog tail lights...
But what about initiating a reset and intercepting the email and then performing the reset yourself.
True, but that would imply:
And all this has to be done in the less than one minute it usually takes the server to reply, or else the user might be suspicious why the e-mail with the reset link takes so long to arrive...
This isn't an issue specific to any OS or software manufacturer. Sure, there are things we can do to limit the damages such as releasing bug free software (maybe in 3014) but until then we either live with the consequences or encrypt all network data except broadcasts intended for everyone to see.
Encryption software is not bugfree either. And neither are encryption users. I'm sure 90% of users would click away a certificate warning without a second thought. And of the 10% remaining, most wouldn't probably notice if a service that is usually https now is http...
Excuse me, but accepting commands and executing scripts received on an unusual port is not a bug.
Conceivably (plausible deniability...) it could be debugging or test code accidentally left in...